Your favorite hunting rifle of all time

[wolfhunter]

At what range? Most deer hunting vids I see are from tree stands or blinds....forgive my ignorince I am African....

I have not taken any at long range 150yds max I have tested the rifle out much further

 

[Nyati]

Sako L61R in .338WM, with MacMillan stock,

 

[Opposite Pole]

My K95 in 30R Blaser (although I have four barrels for it).

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I have listed my favorites before but I will have used the last 2 years deer hunting a weatherby 257 it is quite impressive 110 accubonds

@wolfhunter
A fast 25 is impressive full stop. Killes way above its pay grade. Dang Roy Weatherby even kilt a Rhino with on.
Bob

 

[Fatback]

To echo @Bob Nelson 35Whelen, the quarter bores are a great option. It may not be my favorite just yet but the new to me, 25-06 has been devastating on deer and pigs this season for me. I shot one of the biggest boars I’ve ever shot with it yesterday at about 150 yards, went about 20 yards and it was all over. The deer I’ve shot with it have all been bang/flop, lights out. I plan on having a new trigger installed here pretty soon and that will make it even better. I’ve been doing all my damage with 117 grain Hornady interlocks. Some of the bounty the 25-06 has provided this season

 

[IvW]

Ok I could do thet with my Dg 500 Jeff, 404 Jeff or 375 H&H.....just trying to figure out the velovity vs game hunted vs distance issue....

I would use my 7x57mm for that...

 

[IvW]

@wolfhunter
A fast 25 is impressive full stop. Killes way above its pay grade. Dang Roy Weatherby even kilt a Rhino with on.
Bob

Bob easy on the liquids.....7x65R.... K95=magic....

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

My favorite rifles: Mauser M98 in 404Jeffery, ZG47 in 9,3x62Mauser and ZKK600 in 275Rigby.

 

[Opposite Pole]

May I suggest a way to improve this thread?

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[Peter Radekevich]

Totally agree

 

[freefall]

May I suggest a way to improve this thread?

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Whew! That lets me out.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

To echo @Bob Nelson 35Whelen, the quarter bores are a great option. It may not be my favorite just yet but the new to me, 25-06 has been devastating on deer and pigs this season for me. I shot one of the biggest boars I’ve ever shot with it yesterday at about 150 yards, went about 20 yards and it was all over. The deer I’ve shot with it have all been bang/flop, lights out. I plan on having a new trigger installed here pretty soon and that will make it even better. I’ve been doing all my damage with 117 grain Hornady interlocks. Some of the bounty the 25-06 has provided this season
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@Fatback
You've gotta love a nice 25, it's everything the 243s want to be but never will be.
Two other great bullets for the 25-06 are the 117grain SST absolutely devastating at 3,000fps and the 100gn TTSX at 3,400fps out of your 25-06.
Bob

 

[Jim Golden]

@Fatback
You've gotta love a nice 25, it's everything the 243s want to be but never will be.
Two other great bullets for the 25-06 are the 117grain SST absolutely devastating at 3,000fps and the 100gn TTSX at 3,400fps out of your 25-06.
Bob

A .25-06 was my second centerfire (after a .22-250)...both Remington 700 BDL's. I've slayed a ton of white tails with both. .25-06 is a good cartridge. My new oddball favorite is a Model 70 in .264 Win Mag. It rocks them

 

[Jim Golden]

In the U.S., most states won't allow you to use a .22 centerfire for deer. Hogwash. They work fine. We've dropped scads of them with .22 magnums. You just hit where the ear joins the head. Never had one move. But you can also use it for squirrel and turkey. I have an Anshutz 164 that's older than I am that my dad bought way back and gave it to me forty years ago. It's got the schnabel forend and "wundheim" grip swell. It's a nice piece. I later bought a Weatherby Mk XXII which is the same action in a Weatherby stock in .17 Hornady Magnum. The clips are interchangable between them (don't ever lose one...they're hard to find). Anshutz always made good stuff. Apparently they only made that bolt action "Weatherby" for a few years.... Always wanted a .257 Weatherby but never got one. I do have a .270 Weatherby in an Accumark and that thing is a laser beam. It was my go to deer rifle for twenty years...until I got the .264. They're nearly identical in what they do. With the .270 Roy, I've only ever had one deer take one step after being hit by it...and it was my fault and the shot was through brush and wasn't the perfect hit I like to make. Usually they're dead before they hit the ground. I know...small game compared to what's on here....but I really like those calibers. Would like a 7x57 sometime but do have a nice M70 Featherweight in 7mm-08 so it's close

 

[Opposite Pole]

I later bought a Weatherby Mk XXII which is the same action in a Weatherby stock in .17 Hornady Magnum.

I had one of these rifles. I was dumb and sold it. Great little rifle.

 

[Altitude sickness]

My new favorite is my new to me model 70 in .416 Taylor
21” barrel
Custom stock
Timney trigger

 

[Marcos Rodriguez]

May I suggest a way to improve this thread?

My idea, in a nut shell, is this:

PICTURES OR IT DOESN’T COUNT

HAHAHAHAHAHA
I AGREE!!!!!

 

[Warbeast]

6.5x57r and a bullbarrel 5.6x50r

 

[Daniel Cary]

That AHR, but it's been exploited enough here. The one great tool I cont. to work with.

 

[93marlin]

My 1896 JP Sauer 11mm double rifle. It's accounted for 4 Canadian bear and a couple of local deer. It's fits me like it was made exactly for me.